I took some photos of them….I am glad I saw several of them, as I was told that a mosquito-borne infection had almost wiped them out some time ago.

Here’s a male , near the tree-trunk:

I also took a long shot of the bird in the tree:
And one of the female:
I quickly shot this
DOWNY WOODPECKER
before he flew off:
and the
COMMON GRACKLES
have started coming back, though they've not got their bright colours yet:
(also I was shooting against the sky! Whoever named these birds with such a harsh name, I wonder!)

One Blue Jay was eating his lunch a little later:

I’m very happy with the common birds..they’re quite colourful enough for me!